Gabe Seldin and Sam Stavchansky

Satyan Chickering is a senior at Allderdice High School. He is a member of the baseball team. In his free time, he enjoys managing his fantasy football team, attending baseball games at PNC Park, and exploring Pittsburgh’s culinary scene.

Satyan Chickering

Ian Denshaw

Nate Chinman graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2023. He enjoys creative writing as well as writing. Outside of school, Nate could be found captaining the mock trial team, participating on the debate team, and running cross country.

Nate Chinman

Angela Alacio is a senior at Allderdice and a first-year writer for the Foreword. She’s president of the Spanish Club and a member of the Swim Team and Girls Lacrosse Team. Outside of school, she sails for Point Pittsburgh Sailing and works as a lifeguard and swim instructor at the Jewish Community Center. In her free time, she likes to go out to eat at Chipotle with her friends.

Angela Alacio Rivas

Jonah Saitz

Alex Kiger graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2023. He was the Sports Editor at 

from 2021-2023. In his free time, he can often be found intensely watching and covering Pittsburgh sports or traveling around the country. He is rarely, if ever, seen without his signature bottle of Diet Coke.

Alex Kiger

Bella Crum

Members of the Allderdice Feminist Student Union

Dillon Javid is Co-Editor-in-Chief and a three-year staff member on The Foreword. He rows for Three Rivers Youth Rowing. In his free time, he likes to watch sports, play video games, and read. He will be attending Columbia University in Fall 2025.

Dillon Javid

Sophia Hadi is a senior at Allderdice and an Editor for The Foreword. She is a member of the Allderdice debate team and president of the Allderdice Young Democrats. Outside of school, she enjoys baking, biking, and playing the violin.

Sophia Hadi

Maya Shook

Kareena Katsman

Hannah Schwartz

Dakota Castro-Jarrett

Eli Coffey is a Junior at Allderdice. He runs varsity cross country and track for Allderdice. He has a poodle named Turbo and a twin brother named Zach. In his free time, he likes to eat food, watch sports, and hang out with friends.

Eli Coffey

Braylon Griffin is a sophomore at Allderdice and a two-year writer for The Foreword. He mostly enjoys writing about food or sports. In his free time, he loves to relax and watch football and basketball

Braylon Griffin

Maya Beakley is a senior at Allderdice and a second-year writer for the Foreword. She is the President of the Allderdice Book Club and enjoys baking and playing soccer in her free time. She hopes to major in political science and minor in screenwriting or philosophy in college.

Maya Beakley

Raphael is the co-creator and writer for bekblogs. Raphael enjoys sharing his thought provoking ideas, interesting activities, and self-improvement strategies with his readers. 

Derek Armfield

Omri Raz

Luke Chinman

Dasez (DJ) Scott

Aidan Birkenfeld

Malcolm Brown is a senior at Allderdice and a three-year writer for The Foreword. He plays on the school golf team and writes mostly in the sports column. In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with friends.

Malcolm Brown

Maya Beakley and Angela Alacio-Rivas

Sam Stavchansky and Sam Tobias

Shane Birkenfeld is a senior at Allderdice and a fourth-year writer for the Foreword. He is involved in multiple sports at Allderdice, including golf and the co-op hockey team with Carrick. When not writing, he likes to hang out with his friends.

Shane Birkenfeld

 Zoe Obenza-Bridges

Anisha Willis graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2024. She was the Co-Editor-in-chief of 

 in the 2023-2024 school year. She was also a member of the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council. Outside of school, she plays soccer and loves to bake, read, and spend time outside with her friends.

She attends the University of Pennsylvania.

Anisha Willis

Sam Tobias is a junior at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School and is an Editor of the Foreword. He enjoys playing sports and is a member of the Cross Country and Swim Team. In his free time, he likes to play video games, hang with friends, and go biking.

Samuel Tobias

Jane Carpenter

Pavel Marin graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2024. He served on the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council. He enjoys watching documentaries and sitcoms, reading history books, and staying active with friends and families.

Pavel Marin

Abigail Naveh is Co-Editor-in-Chief and a four-year staff member on the Foreword. She runs on the Allderdice cross country and track team. Outside of school, she runs and enjoys reading. In her free time, she can be found listening to Taylor Swift, watching basketball, and talking to friends.

Abigail Naveh

Dani Jordan

Lily Cain

is the Allderdice's annual satire publication.

The Backword

Christan Medeiros

Jeff Zupan is a senior at Allderdice and a two-year writer for The Foreword. He mostly writes about music and other forms of media. He has a dog named Eleanor, based on the Beatles song “Eleanor Rigby.” Outside of school, he enjoys live music, playing his guitar, and skateboarding.

Jeff Zupan

Bek is an anonymous writer and photographer from the Pittsburgh area, often described as "the aura king"

Bek Omonkulov

Naomi Segel graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2024

 in the 2023-2024 school year. She was involved in Allderdice’s Black Student Union and played on the school's basketball team. Outside of school, she was a leader in GirlGov: a program for youth feminists interested in social justice and politics. In her free time, she can be found listening to Taylor Swift or watching football.

Naomi Segel

Jake Allen

Abigail Segel

Daynell Griffin

Jack Malen

Sam Stavchansky is a junior at Allderdice and is an editor for The Foreword. In his free time, he enjoys playing chess, riding his bike, and reading. He runs for the Dice Cross Country team and plays basketball for the JCC’s travel team.

Sam Stavchansky

Emma Brown

Gabriella Naveh graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2023. She was the Editor-in-Chief of 

 She served as a Senior Advisor on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Student and Government Council. In her free time, she can be found interning with a political campaign.

Gabriella Naveh

Anna Cappella

Aleksander J. Nutini

Zack Shook is a senior at Allderdice and a second-year writer for the Foreword. He is a senior captain of the baseball team. Outside of school, he is a youth baseball coach. In his free time, he can be found golfing and hanging out with friends. He will be playing baseball at Denison University beginning Fall 2025.

Zack Shook

Chloe Werner

Madeline King

Maya Beresteanu graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2023.

Maya Beresteanu

Brandon Friez graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2024. He was Senior Class President. He enjoys conversation around history and current news.

Brandon R. Friez Jr.

Ella Bindewald

Jordan Sampson is a senior at Allderdice High School. He is a member of the baseball and quiz bowl teams. Outside of school, he works as a youth basketball coach and loves spending time with friends and family.

Jordan Sampson

Mya Grant

Donovan Shanley is a senior at Allderdice High School. He enjoys playing video games, listening to music, and watching baseball games in his free time. He also enjoys collecting sports jerseys and baseball cards.

Donovan Shanley

Gabe Seldin is a junior at Allderdice and a two-year writer for The Foreword. He plays for the Allderdice golf team and the lacrosse team. In his free time, he loves to watch college basketball, hang out with friends, and take his two dogs on long walks through the neighborhood!

Gabe Seldin

Andrew Sherbinin graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in the class of 2023.

He attends the United States Naval Academy.

Meet our team

Dillon Javid

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Sam Stavchansky

STAFF WRITER

Eli Coffey

STAFF WRITER

Gabe Seldin

STAFF WRITER

Samuel Tobias

STAFF WRITER

Zack Shook

STAFF WRITER

Satyan Chickering

STAFF WRITER

Aleksander J. Nutini

STAFF WRITER

Donovan Shanley

STAFF WRITER

Maya Beakley

STAFF WRITER

Jordan Sampson

STAFF WRITER

Shane Birkenfeld

STAFF WRITER

Jack Malen

STAFF WRITER

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